Head cover and method of making



March 29, 1955 R. J. WEIKERT HEAD COVER AND METHOD OF MAKING Filed Feb. 16, 1953 1 ROY d. WEIKERT United States PatentO HEAD COVER AND METHOD OF MAKING Roy J. Weikert, Covington, Ohio, assignor to Joseph Lincoln Manufacturing Company, Inc., Covington, Ohio, a corporation of Delaware Application February 16, 1953, Serial No. 336,993

3 Claims. (Cl. 2-68) This invention relates to head covers, particularly to moisture impervious head covers, and to methods of manufacturing the same.

In particular, this invention relates to an inexpensive and extremely light head cover and one which is flexible so that it can be folded into a compact space.

Many times it may be desired to prevent the head from becoming wet as, for example, when taking a shower, and still other times when it may be desired to retain the head in a wet or moist condition as, for example, when having a permanent wave applied to the hair or in otherwise treating the scalp and hair with a wet substance.

Heretofore it has been customary to provide either a fairly heavy rubber-like shower cap for use in the first instance referred to above, or a fiat sheet of rubberlike plastic material for use in the second mentioned instance.

Having the foregoing in mind, it is a primary object of the present invention to provide a head cover of the nature referred to having general utility in the instances referred to above as well as in other instances, and which is extremely light and inexpensive and flexible so that it can be stored in a small space.

A particular object of this invention is to provide a head cover of the nature referred to which is inexpensive enough that it can form a give-away item and light and flextiilialle enough that it can be packaged and shipped very rea y.

Another particular object is the provision of a head cover of the nature referred to having integral tie straps thereon.

A still further object is the provision of a method of forming a head cover according to this invention, including a method of forming the head cover with the said integral straps.

These and other objects and advantages of this invention will become more apparent upon reference to the following specification taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a head cover according to my invention in use;

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing a head cover of Figure 1 as it appears before it is applied;

Figure 3 is a plan view showing the head cover and illustrating the manner in which the tie straps are formed thereon; and

Figure 4 is a plan view of a modified arrangement showing how the tie straps can be formed so as to have greater length than can be had by the Figure 3 arrangement.

Referring to the drawings somewhat more in detail, particularly to Figures 1, 2 and 3, the head cover according to the present invention comprises a generally head-shaped crown portion 10, and may also include a peripheral rim portion 12 with which is integral the tie straps 14. It will be understood that the rim 12 could actually comprise a portion of the crown of the cover, and in which case the tie straps would actually extend from the rim of the crown. Individual preference in connection with forming the head cover would indicate the procedure to be followed.

The material from which the head cover is made is preferably pliofilm and the cover is formed by cutting out a blank from a sheet of pliofilm and heating to the softening temperature, at least that annular portion of the crown part of the head cover between the rim portion Patented Mar. 29, 1955 thereof and the very peak of the crown portion, and then forming the head cover on a suitable form by stretching, and during which stretching operation the form may or may not be heated.

Conceivably, the entire supply of heat to the pliofilm sheet could be accomplished by heating the form and permitting the sheet of pliofilm to soften as it was being formed about the forming tool.

Other materials of a plastic or rubber-like nature can be employed, but I prefer pliofilm because it can be drawn out extremely thin and still retain adequate strength and resilience to prevent its being torn during use. Such a film can be formed to less than a $4 of an inch in thickness and still remain strong and moisture impervious and flexible.

In the forming of the tie straps 14, these may be cut directly from the rim portion 12 by making incisions thereabout as indicated at 16 in Figure 3 whereby the ends of the straps are of just sufiicient length to meet when the cover is on a flat surface.

In certain instances, it may be desired for the tie straps to be of greater length and this can be accomplished by the arrangement as shown in Figure 4 wherein there is at least a rim portion at 18 from which the straps 20 are cut, with the straps being cut from this rim portion by the zig zag incision 22 so that the straps formed are substantially longer than would be obtained by the Figure 3 construction.

The tie straps, it will be understood, are not always essential and can be eliminated when the head cover is merely for the purpose of protecting the head from becoming wet as in connection with the taking of a shower, but may be employed for drawing the periphery of the cover snugly about the head when it might be desired to confine a wet substance to the head.

The tie straps are also of advantage for holding the cover in position on the head if it becomes necessary to wear it for any substantial length of time.

While the foregoing specification has been brought out that the head cover, according to my invention, is particularly useful in connection with excluding moisture from the head or for retaining moisture thereon, it will be apparent that other uses of my invention present themselves as, for example, the use of the head cover for sanitary reasons, and in which case the cover lends itself well to cleansing and sterilizing. The cover can also be employed to cover the head to prevent the soiling of furniture and pillows if, for any reason, the scalp or hair is being treated with a substance such as an oily or greasy medicament or the like.

It will be understood that this invention is susceptible to modification in order to adapt it to different usages and conditions, and, accordingly, it is desired to comprehend such modifications within this invention as may fall Within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a head cover of the nature described; a relatively thin member of pliofilm having a crown of a shape to enclose at least the upper portion of the head and having a rim portion about the open end of the said crown portion, and a single incision in said rim portion commencing at the outer periphery thereof and extending substantially half way around said rim portion continuing inwardly and then returning to a point radially inwardly of said commencement point whereby two tie straps are provided of suflicient length that they can be tied together to retain the head cover in position while in use.

2. In a head cover of the nature described; a relatively thin member of pliofilm having a crown part adapted for receiving the upper portion of the head, and having a rim portion about at least a part of said crown part at the open side thereof, said rim portion having a single reverse incision commencing at the outer periphery thereof and forming two tie straps each having one end integral with the ends of said rim portion and are of sufficient length to be brought into overlapping relation under all circumstances of use of the head cover so that they can be tied together to retain the head cover in position.

3. A method of making a head cover of the nature described, which comprises cutting a blank from a sheet of thin deformable material, softening the blank, placing all of the blank except for an outer angular portion on a form having a configuration of the upper part of a head, forming said configuration in said blank, removing the formed blank, and making an incision in the outer angular portion commencing at the outer periphery thereof and extending substantially half Way around said angular portion, continuing said incision inwardly toward and to a point adjacent the edge of said configuration, continuing further said incision from said point and returning to a point radially inwardly of the commencing point.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STA'lES PATENTS Tooher Sept. 20, 1904 Lower Sept. 13, 1932 Collins Sept. 18, 1934 Spanel Sept. 19, 1939 Calvert Aug. 18, 1943 Lester et al July 20, 1948 FOREIGN PATENTS Great Britain Apr. 12, 1928 

